ICHIKAWA EBIZÔ II |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II playing the role of Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa ("Shibaraku") in the kaomise drama "Banmin Daifukuchô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1714 at the Nakamuraza |
The Actors Nakamura Takesaburô I as Kewaizaka no Shôshô and Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Soga Gorô Tokimune |
The Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Soga Gorô Tokimune and Nakamura Takesaburô I as Kewaizaka no Shôshô in the play "Bandô Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715 |
The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô II (top/1st from left), Hayakawa Dengorô (top/2nd from right), Sodeoka Shôtarô (top/1st from right), Mizuki Kikusaburô (bottom/1st from left), Asao Jûjirô I (bottom/2nd from left) and Imamura Motojûrô (top/1st from right) playing the roles of Shinozuka Gorô, Kageyu Saemon, Wakiya Yoshisuke, Kôtô-no-Naishi, Kikusui and Nitta Yoshisada in Murase Genzaburô's kaomise drama "Hônô Taiheiki", which was staged in Edo at the Moritaza in the 11th lunar month of 1717 |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II playing the role of a uirô-seller ("Uirô Uri") in the new year sogamono drama "Wakamidori Ikioi Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1718 at the Moritaza |
The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Arashi Wakano I (the wakaonnagata holding a lantern) and Ôtani Hiroji I (the actor with the sideboards) in a print made by Torii Kiyonobu I in 1723 |
The Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô II (top/right) and Sodesaki Iseno I (bottom/left) |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II (left) and Sawamura Sôjûrô I (right) playing the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune and Soga Jûrô Sukenari in the new year sogamono drama "Yuzuriha Gongen Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1727 at the Nakamuraza |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II playing the role of Kaminari Shôkurô in the drama "Meigetsu Gonin Otoko" ('Five men under the August moon'), which was staged in Fall 1730 at the Nakamuraza [more details] |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II playing the role of Fuwa Banzaemon "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya" ('The Courtesan, the Tombola Drawing and Nagoya (Sanza)'), which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1731 at the Nakamuraza [more details] |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II (top/right) and Ichikawa Masugorô (bottom/left) playing the roles of Kagekiyo and Princess Hitomaru in the drama "Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1732 at the Nakamuraza |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II (top/right) and Ichikawa Masugorô (bottom/left) playing the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari and a kamuro in the new year sogamono drama "Hanabusa Funjin Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1733 at the Nakamuraza |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II playing the role of Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Furiwakegami Hatsugai Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1735 at the Ichimuraza |
The Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Oniô Shinzaemon and Ichikawa Masugorô as Soga no Gorô in the play “Furiwakegami Hatsugai Soga,” performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1735 |
Ichikawa Danjûrô II performing in duo with the onnagata actor Somekawa Kozarashi in a print made by Torii Kiyoshige (1725~1735) |
Ichikawa Ebizô II playing the role of Shinozuka Gorô in a print made by Okumura Masanobu in 1736 |
Ichimura Takenojô IV (top/left) and Ichikawa Ebizô II (bottom/right) performing in the drama "Tôkaidô Yukumi Guruma", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1736 at the Ichimuraza |
Ôtani Hiroemon II (left), Ôtani Oniji I (center) and Ichikawa Ebizô II (right) playing the roles of the nyûdô Itô, Oniwakamaru and Benshin in the kaomise drama "Suehiro Izu Nikki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1745 at the Nakamuraza |
Ichikawa Ebizô II (1st from left), Arashi Koroku I (2nd from left), Ôtani Oniji I (2nd from right) and Hanai Saizaburô III (1st from right) playing the roles of Watari Shinzaemon, Kokonoe, Ômori Hikoshichi and Sagami no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Taiheiki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1746 at the Nakamuraza |
The actors Sawamura Kodenji II, Onoe Kikugorô I and Ichikawa Ebizô II playing the roles of the courtesan Shôshô, Soga Gorô Tokimune and Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo in the new year sogamono drama "Kazari Ebi Yoroi Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1748 at the Nakamuraza |
Ichikawa Yaozô I and Ichikawa Ebizô II playing the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune and Kudô Saemon Suketsune in the new year drama "Waka Midori Nishiki Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1755 at the Nakamuraza |
The actors Ogawa Zengorô I (top), Yamashita Kinsaku I (middle) and Ichikawa Danjûrô II (bottom) in a print made by Torii Kiyomasu II (1723~1727) |
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